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A 30-year-old man who believed the coronavirus was a hoax and attended a "Covid party" died after becoming infected with the virus, according to a Texas hospital.

The man had attended a meeting with an infected person to check if the coronavirus was real , said Dr. Jane Appleby, medical director of the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, where the man died, according to The New York Times.

The doctor did not give details on when the party took place, how many people attended or how long after the event the man with Covid-19 who has not been publicly identified was hospitalized.

The premise of these parties is twofold: to check if the coronavirus really exists and to expose yourself intentionally in an attempt to obtain immunity.

Dr. Appleby has claimed that the deceased man told his nurse just before he died that he had attended a Covid party: "I think I made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax, but it is not."

Sharing this story, the doctor tries to warn other people about the severity and consequences of Covid-19. Especially in Texas, where coronavirus cases are emerging exponentially.

According to the latest data, Texas is the fourth state in the US in number of infections with 269,803 infected. On Saturday alone, 8,332 new cases were confirmed, according to a New York Times database. Deaths exceed 3,500.

POTENTIALLY DEADLY HOLIDAYS

Coronavirus parties are "dangerous, irresponsible, and life-threatening," says Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.

"Attending such a party may be the path to premature death, or one of relentless chronic fatigue, chest pain, shortness of breath and daily fever. That is if you survive," said Dr. Glatter.

Some health experts and public officials have cast doubt on whether and to what extent the "Covid parties" are really taking place. County health officials in southeastern Washington state reported in May that they had evidence that at least two coronavirus cases were linked to one or more of these holidays. However, soon after they retracted the allegations that the parties could well have been more innocent gatherings.

Before there was a chickenpox vaccine , chickenpox parties were also organized to infect their children with the disease, as it was thought to be more dangerous to contract as an adult.

The vaccine is the surest way to protect yourself against chickenpox now that it's available, although some people, including former Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky, still allowed their children to participate in such meetings to contract the disease.

"The coronavirus does not behave like chickenpox," says Dr. Glatter, and parties should not be held for any of the viruses.

RECORD OF CASES

The United States reached the record for new cases in one day on Friday with more than 68,000 new infections in 24 hours.

Coronavirus infection has not yet been shown to provide immunity, so reinfection is possible.

In an op-ed piece for 'The Times', Dr. Greta Bauer, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, warned against so-called coronavirus parties, noting that even young people can be hospitalized and suffer long-term damage from the virus.

"It is important that we do not take unnecessary risks with unknown consequences," Bauer wrote. "If we can avoid infection, we have to do exactly that."

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that people infected with the coronavirus should not attend meetings, and that any event in which people mingle without covering their faces or distancing themselves socially is an inherently high risk. .

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